A large body of research on social competence or social skills exists in psychology,
educational sciences and human resource management. In professional contexts, social …

1. 1 Practical Ethics Education at an Impasse Why is some practical ethics training a
requirement of nearly all programmes in higher education? The short answer is that it is …

Educating business students for ethical professional practice is a growing concern for both
the corporate world and business education. Highly publicised scandals have pushed public …

Der vorliegende Band bildete ursprünglich den zweiten Teil einer breiter angelegten
Dissertation mit dem Titel „, Kontinuität und Diskontinuität in der Entwicklung des …

This paper reviews an ongoing debate about moral standards for vocational education in
German speaking countries. At the centre of the controversy is the question of universalistic …

This study constitutes a contribution to the discussion about moral reasoning in business.
Kohlberg's (1971, in Cognitive Development and Epistemology (Academic Press, New …

Professions are usually defined as occupations that require expert training at an academic
level and are built on a set of standards that have to be met by members of a given …

In the tradition of European business ethics the character of the actors is a fundamental and
dominant mode for the attribution of virtuous action. The psychological and ethnological …

Morality and (economic) rationality are often understood as juxtaposed: a moral course of
action would not be economically beneficial and vice versa. The paper reveals why this …

The happy victimiser phenomenon has puzzled many researchers in the field of moral
development. After having learnt and internalised what is morally right and wrong, young …